The effect of foraging material and perch height on feather pecking and feather damage in laying hens

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 131-141

  Wechsler, Beat ^a   Huber Eicher, Beat ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chicken; Feather damage; Feather pecking; Housing

Indexed keywords

FORAGING; HEN;

GALLUS GALLUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0031822494     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00137-8     Document Type: Article

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